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Ron Beyer
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Mike has a good answer, but I thought it was worth while mentioning something you say in your question:

...I was also under the impression that a tower cannot stop you from using the whole runway.

While in many cases this is true, there are some that it is not. The main example of this is a Land and Hold Short Operation (LAHSO). If you accept a LAHSO then you are required to comply with the hold short point on the runway and not go beyond that. (The only other one I can think of is when a crossing runway is closed).

So if you had accepted a LAHSO request (and its up to you as the pilot to accept or decline acceptancethe request), and subsequently used more than the LAHSO permitted you to, this would be a violation.

Also, if you are a light plane and want more than your fair share of runway, its usually "polite" to tell the controller that you want "full length". The controller is trying to space out landing aircraft and may assume that you don't need 8000+ feet of runway in your Cessna 172. Legally unless you accept a LAHSO you are welcome to use all of it, but the controller will be a happier person if you tell them you need more. I do this quite a bit when coming in on a certain runway that has the FBO at the opposite end, its better to land long than spend 10 minutes taxing. The controller may request that you "make it short" for landing aircraft.

Mike has a good answer, but I thought it was worth while mentioning something you say in your question:

...I was also under the impression that a tower cannot stop you from using the whole runway.

While in many cases this is true, there are some that it is not. The main example of this is a Land and Hold Short Operation (LAHSO). If you accept a LAHSO then you are required to comply with the hold short point on the runway and not go beyond that. (The only other one I can think of is when a crossing runway is closed).

So if you had accepted a LAHSO request (and its up to you as the pilot to accept or decline acceptance), and subsequently used more than the LAHSO permitted you to, this would be a violation.

Also, if you are a light plane and want more than your fair share of runway, its usually "polite" to tell the controller that you want "full length". The controller is trying to space out landing aircraft and may assume that you don't need 8000+ feet of runway in your Cessna 172. Legally unless you accept a LAHSO you are welcome to use all of it, but the controller will be a happier person if you tell them you need more. I do this quite a bit when coming in on a certain runway that has the FBO at the opposite end, its better to land long than spend 10 minutes taxing. The controller may request that you "make it short" for landing aircraft.

Mike has a good answer, but I thought it was worth while mentioning something you say in your question:

...I was also under the impression that a tower cannot stop you from using the whole runway.

While in many cases this is true, there are some that it is not. The main example of this is a Land and Hold Short Operation (LAHSO). If you accept a LAHSO then you are required to comply with the hold short point on the runway and not go beyond that. (The only other one I can think of is when a crossing runway is closed).

So if you had accepted a LAHSO request (and its up to you as the pilot to accept or decline the request), and subsequently used more than the LAHSO permitted you to, this would be a violation.

Also, if you are a light plane and want more than your fair share of runway, its usually "polite" to tell the controller that you want "full length". The controller is trying to space out landing aircraft and may assume that you don't need 8000+ feet of runway in your Cessna 172. Legally unless you accept a LAHSO you are welcome to use all of it, but the controller will be a happier person if you tell them you need more. I do this quite a bit when coming in on a certain runway that has the FBO at the opposite end, its better to land long than spend 10 minutes taxing. The controller may request that you "make it short" for landing aircraft.

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Ron Beyer
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Mike has a good answer, but I thought it was worth while mentioning something you say in your question:

...I was also under the impression that a tower cannot stop you from using the whole runway.

While in many cases this is true, there are some that it is not. The main example of this is a Land and Hold Short Operation (LAHSO). If you accept a LAHSO then you are required to comply with the hold short point on the runway and not go beyond that. (The only other one I can think of is when a crossing runway is closed).

So if you had accepted a LAHSO request (and its up to you as the pilot to accept or decline acceptance), and subsequently used more than the LAHSO permitted you to, this would be a violation.

Also, if you are a light plane and want more than your fair share of runway, its usually "polite" to tell the controller that you want "full length". The controller is trying to space out landing aircraft and may assume that you don't need 8000+ feet of runway in your Cessna 172. Legally unless you accept a LAHSO you are welcome to use all of it, but the controller will be a happier person if you tell them you need more. I do this quite a bit when coming in on a certain runway that has the FBO at the opposite end, its better to land long than spend 10 minutes taxing. The controller may request that you "make it short" for landing aircraft.